It's Not All About "Me": The Top Ten Techniques for Building Quick Rapport with Anyone

I followed up with another open ended question that would, hopefully, give me even more content to work with.

threading the conversation.

the key is to make it “all about them.”

Technique 2: Accommodating Nonverbals

10. Managing expectations: Avoid both disappointment as well as the look of a bad salesman by ensuring that your methods are focused on benefitting the targeted individual and not you. Ultimately you will win, but your mindset needs to focus on them.

Technique 3: Slower Rate of Speech

I have found one of the most effective methods for getting individuals to do what I want them to do is to have them come up with my idea then I validate their idea.

When the request is simple, of limited duration, and non-threatening, we are more inclined to accommodate the request.

Regardless of your individual goals, the key is to make it “all about them.”